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The property hasn't been used as a distillery since the early 1990s, and since then, it has become a magnet for trouble.

"It is maddening. We have a public safety hazard in the middle of our community," Baltimore County Councilman Todd Crandall said.

Crandall is leading the charge to demolish the vacant buildings and hold the property owner accountable for dragging their feet.

"We can't be tough enough on this thing. This a safety hazard in the middle of a community. We are done with this," Crandall said.

Fires brought the Baltimore County Fire Department to the site more than two dozen times in the past 10 years, including earlier this week. Firefighters responded 28 times to the location since 2007, including for six significant working fires.

"I don't think you can name one other property in all of Baltimore County that has seen that much activity from the fire department," Crandall said. "This has been a drain on taxpayers. It has been an emotional drain on people who have to wake up in the middle of the night and see yet another orange fireball right next to their house."

The attorney for property owner John Vontran did not respond to an inquiry from the 11 News I-Team.

The county imposed at $100,000 fine against Sollers Investors regarding code violations.

The site and sound of the demolition is a long time coming for neighbors like Connie Rhodes.

"Finally, after all these years of being told it is going to be torn down and made into this and made into that, nothing ever happened," Rhodes said.

Neighbors consider the site an eyesore and dangerous. Since 2012, two people have been killed at the site. Another person was seriously injured while jumping three stories to escape one of the fires.

"People are angry, and I think they have every right to be angry. This should not happen in any community, yet alone in ours," Crandall said.

According to county records, the property owners want to build a 185-unit townhouse community on site. They hope some of the units will be ready by next summer.